We may be starting to get a grasp on what kick-started life on Earth – and it could help us search for it on other planets ...

Dr. Frankenstein might not have needed a lightning bolt to bring his monster to life after all. A new study from Stanford ...

T here are multiple theories that explain the origin of life on Earth, but one of the most disputed ones was proposed in 1953 ...

New research reveals that hydrothermal vents provided early Earth with abundant nitrogen, challenging previous theories.

While the Cambrian Explosion kickstarted complex life in a major way some 530 million years, the true timeline of life on ...

A study of ancient stromatolites reveals that ammonium reservoirs in early Earth's oceans, likely influenced by volcanic ...

Researchers have discovered a 3.5-billion-year-old meteorite impact crater in Western Australia, providing new insights into ...

Newly analyzed fossil skeleton of Mixodectes pungens reveals its tree-dwelling lifestyle, dietary habits, and ties to ...

A new study reveals that Earth's biomes changed dramatically in the wake of mass volcanic eruptions 252 million years ago.

One famous experiment conducted in 1952 by American chemists Stanley Miller and Harold Urey provided a possible explanation: ...

We'll be coming home, riding the plasma, splashing in the ocean, so that's what we're looking forward to,’ a 62-year-old ...